Management & Budget Specialist

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The Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) is seeking a highly responsible Management & Budget Specialist to perform budget, financial, and procurement functions for the Community Recreation Division (CRD). This employee is a vital member of the Division who will work closely with staff to analyze and research a variety of budget, management, procurement, and policy issues and negotiate and recommend alternatives, options, and solutions to address the issues. 

Specific duties include:

• Developing, monitoring, and overseeing a division annual operating budget of over $8 million with primary responsibility for budget formulation, execution, adjustments, tracking (expenditures and revenue), monitoring, reconciliation, close-out, and procurement;
• Preparing financial analyses to include forecasts for both revenues and expenditures on a monthly, quarterly, and bi-annual basis, and as needed;
• Utilizing data, benchmarking, and appropriate data collection tools to collect and analyze results and make effective recommendations;
• Executing procurement functions, including drafting and submitting purchasing requisitions, Small Purchase Negotiations, supplier information, and other procurement-related documents in online systems;
• Monitoring and approving staff purchase card usage; 
• Initiating and tracking contracts for goods and services;
• Managing financial and administrative records and storing records in access-controlled locations;
• Creating and providing financial reports to staff, management, and other internal and external customers using Excel, SplashBi, and other systems;
• Assisting with the design, development, coordination and implementation of Division trainings and workshops;
• Advising the Division Chief of unauthorized purchases and other anomalies and inefficiencies and providing policy-based recommendations for resolution;

• Performing other duties as assigned. 

   

The ideal candidate will be able to:

• Communicate effectively with internal and external customers, both verbally and written, in accordance with the County's customer service standards; and

• Develop productive working relationships and partnerships within and across the Division, County departments and work groups.

• Analysis
• Budgeting
• Computer Proficiency
• Interpersonal Skills
• Manual Labor
• Mathematics
• Problem Solving
• Reading and Writing